hi, <br>
<br>
For those of you who might have wondered about the difference between
Google and Microsoft, one really clear example is the respective
companies' views of ODF and OOXML. Google's very existence, I would
argue, is predicated on an open Internet. Microsoft, on the other
hand, might derive some revenue from its on-line presence, but its
current mainstay is locally installed software, and while Microsoft has
come out in support of an open Internet in many instances, Google and
Microsoft diverge sharply when it comes to their relationship to open
data formats.<br>
<br>
At any rate, the reason for my post today is to ask you folks to
consider digging a post by Zaheda Bhorat, someone who is a friend of
mine in Google. Full disclosure: It's not as if Zaheda and I were
childhood friends, or anything like that, but I have known her since
she was a Sun OOo marketing lead in 2001. Zaheda has written an
extensive Google blog on the OOXML vote.
As I mentioned, Zaheda was one of the early OOo marketing leads
inside Sun, and the success of OOo and ODF do owe a decent amount to
Zaheda's passion for both. Zaheda's detailed and
informative blog deserves a place on the front page of Digg. Please
consider digging it. <br>
<br>
Thanks either way! <br>
<br>
<a href="http://digg.com/linux_unix/Google_welcomes_ISO_decision_on_OOXML" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://digg.com/linux_unix/Google_welcomes_ISO_decision_on_OOXML</a><br>